After making headlines for getting hacked, the African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) has once again become the talk of the town for a statement issued by their Free State office in support of ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule.

Their statement comes in the wake of planned investigations into Magashule and accusations against him regarding sowing confusion over the ANC’s position about the mandate of the Reserve Bank and his alleged role in setting up the African Transformation Movement (ATM). The statement was issued via Whatsapp where it was screenshotted and shared on various social media platforms.

The Free State ANCYL believes that Magashule is the subject of a “political witch hunt” and that there is a plot aimed at silencing him.